FOCUS: No breakthrough on horizon in Myanmar crisis 4 months after coup

With four months into junta rule following a Feb. 1 coup that ousted the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, there is no sign of a breakthrough in the Myanmar crisis.As the military continues using force to quell opposition, local people in various parts of the country have begun forming voluntary defense forces to push back against it.A rights group that keeps track of deaths and arrests in Myanmar says 840 people have so far been killed in the violence by the military. Suu Kyi and other prominent politicians remain in detention.Even though the 10-member Association of Southeast A…READ FULL ARTICLE